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A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD
A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, CIRCA 1815-33
in the Turkish manner, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising cross-piece with acorn finials, and a pair of ivory grip-scales rising to form a pierced rounded pommel and shaped for the fingers, in its steel scabbard
76cm; 30in blade
Provenance
Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden, inv. nos. 1529, 1530
Schloss Marienburg, Hanover, sold Sotheby's October 2005, lot 3690
No Reserve
Sold for £950
A GERMAN LIGHT CAVALRY GENERAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE-HILTED SWORD, CIRCA 1815-33
in the Turkish manner, with curved blade double-edged towards the point, steel hilt comprising cross-piece with acorn finials, and a pair of ivory grip-scales rising to form a pierced rounded pommel and shaped for the fingers, in its steel scabbard
76cm; 30in blade
Provenance
Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden, inv. nos. 1529, 1530
Schloss Marienburg, Hanover, sold Sotheby's October 2005, lot 3690